Making the Little Farm Pay for Nine to Five Investors
A practical plan for small dairy farming outlines optimal labor, pasture use, and feed strategies. It recommends one hired man per twelve cows, diverse year round work, and a mixed system of dairy, hogs, and poultry to maximize profits. It stresses controlled pasture, silage, hay, and consistent corn silage for dairy cattle, with potential monthly net gains of 100 to 150 dollars and annual targets of 1200 dollars from the dairy plus 600 dollars each from hogs and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersons
Balancing farm profits with crops and livestock
A historic farmer guides diversification from cows to poultry and many crops. It stresses choosing paying crops, managing orchard care, soil fertility, and labor efficiency. It argues on economies, capital and labor, and suggests small farms favor poultry, garden, and orchard over intensive dairying.
Destructive Apple Blotch Threatens Kansas Orchards
D E Lewis of Kansas Agricultural College warns apple blotch is the state’s most damaging fruit disease, costing growers thousands annually. Prevention hinges on early spraying with Bordeaux mixture three weeks after petals fall, with up to four applications. timing shifts with weather and moth cycles.
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Kansas
Orcherd
D. E. Lewis
Kansas Agricultural Coulege
Manhattan
Kan
Farm Surplus Invested Back Into Farm Cited By Farn Journal
A Farn Journal saying the best use of farm surplus is reinvesting in the farm itself. It warns the farm bank may wobble though the farm remains sound, asserting solid prospects for agricultural investment through farming operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farn Journal
Movable manger saves fodder and pays its cost
This historic note describes a portable manger that reduces feed waste on farms. Built from oak boards with sled-like runners, uprights, and braces, it can be moved to minimize loss during feeding. A separate tip from Farm and Fireside explains using a bushel basket over a hog’s head to back hogs into a chute for easy loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luwa Homestead
All Around the Farm Notes on Suver Crops and Manure
All Around the Farm discusses using Suver crops to prevent loss of plant food and warnings about weeds seeding along rida side. It warns against keeping a nondescript bull for small cost and notes manure as a profitable byproduct for dairy farmers.
Tar Water Endorsed by a Bishop Across Centuries
A historical note on tar water as a remedy, tracing its endorsement by clergy from Bishop Berkeley through Dickens era. The piece cites Berkeley's writings on tar water and a satirical reference in Great Expectations showing a bottle swapped for tar water, illustrating the remedy's lasting cultural footprint.
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Berkeley
Britain
Uriber
Charles Dickens
Pip
Alt Mall
Where the Earth's Crust Is Thinkest
A New York American summary notes M Perrett of Pa a paleontologist claims Italy is the newest part of the earth's surface due to delayed cooling. He argues earthquakes and volcanic activity result from Italy's late cooling, making it the youngest crust region.
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Italy
M. Perrett
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Bentisphere
Old World
New York American
Basket and trading justices in old English law
English justice in earlier eras featured basket justices who accepted gifts from suitors. Later, trading justices drew mockery in literature, cited as abusive practices where Bow Street’s Townsend testified that bail was extorted from poor offenders, delivering daily “woe tants” and earnings that fed magistrates before they rewarded themselves with a drink.
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England
Fielding
Amelia
Townsend
Bow Street
London
Excursion Train Fare List and West Point Visit Planned
Fare between Lancaster East Peterst Rothsville Millway Akron Vinemont Fritztown Jersey City and other stations. Tickets sold in advance or from the Special Train Conductor. not available at morning offices. Sirius steamboat chartered for Jersey City to West Point round trip. two hours at West Point for visiting the Military Academy. returning steamer departs West Point at 3.30 PM and arrives Lancaster about midnight. Children aged 5 to 12 travel at half fare.
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Lancaster
East Peterst
Rothsville
Millway
Akron
Vinemont
Fritztown
Jersey City
Sirius
Hudson
Tron Steamboat Company
West Point
Military Academy
Official Boy Scout Hatchet 75 Hatchet with leather case
The official Boy Scout Hatchet 75 features a selected White Hickory handle curved for safety, secured with a patent wedge to prevent head detachment. Priced at $1.00, it comes with a leather case and is presented as a beauty worth seeing.
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Boy Scouts
Five Point Hardware Store Co. at Cedar Street
A local notice indicates 5 Point Hardware Store Co. operated by E. Myer at 66 North Cedar Street. Details on business status or change are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5-Point Hardware Store Co
E. Myer
N. Cedar Street
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Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station
VIA
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad CO. and Iron Steamboat Co
Org
H. P. Gingrich & Co
Broad St
Lititz
Samuel Blanc the Blanc
52D
Parkside
Philadelphia
Bell Telephone
The
Bell Telephone Company, of
Penna
E. Smith
Lancaster, Pa
Tris
Cortright
S. M. Huber
Lititz, Or
F.M. Bowman
Rothsville, Pa
D* J.yaulisonbuck
Duke Strelt
Ps. Orvick
M . H. Yoder, M.D
HK. Main St
Litriz
Deerer Ilomes
Ind
Bell
James C. Brobst
Santvartum Lititz
Warren S. Buch
E. Grant
Lititz, Pa
D. Alonzo Long
Broad Street
M. Long
Main Street
Hassler
Panna
Res
Young
Schnerer
Tegal
Routh Spruce St. Litiii, PA
Stephen B. Kissinger
W. Marion St. Lititz
Kofroth Electrical Co
Center St
Richard Cobden
Mr. Cobden
Descarte
North Queen Stare Lancarter, PA
John D. Bair
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball, Pa
Park View
A. W. Miller
Aaron G. Hershey
Astors
W. D. Siverling
Tone Warwick
East Main Street
Waverly Oil Works CO
Pittsburgh
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